Proportion of Medicare services used by persons aged 65 years and over

%

22.5

23.0

23.6

24.2

24.6

25.3

25.8

26.4

27.4

28.3

29.0

EXPENDITURE

Units

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

72

Persons with private health insurance

%

34.9

33.6

31.9

30.6

30.6

43.0

44.9

44.3

43.5

42.9

42.9

73

Total health expenditure (current prices) per person per year (1999–2000 reference year)

$

2 183

2 313

2 459

r2 594

r2 733

r2 901

r3 196

r3 418

r3 667

3 931

n.y.a.

74

Total health expenditure (current prices) as a proportion of GDP

%

8.3

8.4

r8.6

8.6

8.7

8.9

9.2

r9.4

r9.6

9.7

n.y.a.

(a) Expectation of life is based on three years of data ending in the year shown in the table heading.

(b) Based on deaths registered during the year.

(c) Rates are age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.

(d) Caution should be used when comparing long-term conditions data from different National Health Surveys. Changes in survey methodology and classification may reduce direct comparability between surveys. For more details see: Occasional Paper: Long-term Health Conditions – A Guide To Time Series Comparability From The National Health Survey, Australia, 2001 (ABS cat. no. 4816.0.55.001); National Health Survey, 2004–05 User's Guide, Chapter 7
(ABS cat. no. 4363.0.55.001).

(e) Differences indicated between 1998 and 2003 are not statistically significant.

(f) As a proportion of all children in that age group on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.

(g) Ratios calculated by AIHW from data supplied by DoHA. Place numbers are taken from mainstream residential aged care services and do not include places provided, for example, by the EACH program, Multi Purposes Services or places funded under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy.

(h) Average number of services processed per Australian resident.

Reference periods:

Data for indicators 1–12 are calculated using data for the three years ending in the year shown in the table heading from 1997 onwards.
Data for indicators 13–16 and 26–47 are for the calendar year.
Data for indicators 17–23 and 51–62 are according to the reference period for the most recent National Health Survey. For 1995 indicators 57–58 are according to the reference period for the 1995 National Nutrition Survey.
Data for indicators 24–25 are according to the reference period for the survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers.
Data for indicators 48–50 are at 31 December.
Data for indicators 63–65 and 67–74 are for the financial year ending 30 June.
Data for indicator 66 are at census night.

(e) As a proportion of all children in that age group on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.

(f) Rates are calculated for the three year period 2002 to 2004.

(g) Ratios calculated by AIHW from data supplied by DoHA. Place numbers are taken from mainstream residential aged care services and do not include places provided, for example, by the EACH program, Multi Purposes Services or places funded under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy.

(h) Average number of services processed per resident.

(i) The Australian Capital Territory is included in New South Wales.

Reference periods: Data for indicators 1–2 and 7–12 are calculated using the average of three years of data.
Data for indicators 13–16 and 26–47 are for the calendar year. Data for indicators 17–23 and 51–62 are according to the reference period for the most recent National Health Survey.

Data for indicators 24–25 are according to the reference period for the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers.
Data for indicators 48–50 are at 31 December.
Data for indicators 63–65 and 67–72 are for the financial year ending 30 June.Data for indicator 66 as at census night.